Need To Zero your M&P : Use this...

[Aceman58]

Fellow M&P members, are you tired of spending 50 or more rounds at zeroing your M&P 15/22, try using this no brainer 25meter Military target. It makes the adjustment so simple, you will want to do it again and again... Note: This is for your iron sights, but you can use it for your Red Dot, just follow your red dot adjustments.

First: Aim for center at 28 yards (25meters) just 3 rounds aiming at the CENTER..
Sec.: Were the holes are count the square blocks up and over towards the Center of the target, those blocks are clicks on your Iron Sights, follow
what the little pictures of your front and rear sights tell you to turn in eac of the four blocks of the paper..
Third: Bingo, you're on X in 6 to 9 rounds.

Note: You can use any of the other bullets for printing 8 different tagets for training.

Click on the 5th bullet from the top selection bullet for printing the "25m Military Target Sheet" for zeroing:

Print your own targets

[skeeter7]

That's exactly what I used to sight my 15-22 in about 3 months ago. Made it nice and simple to do.

[Lian]

personally, i use a diamond target.
like a square standing on a corner.

line up all the side corners with the crosshair/dot... fire 3... adjust.... fire 3... etc

[chuck s]

A 3-round shot group is not the best considering the variability of .22LR ammunition. And it's really a hold over from a century of military ammunition conservation. Zeroing 8 million rifles several times (as in WW2) takes a LOT of ammo!

5 or even 10 rounds at 4¢ a shot won't break the bank and will give you a more accurate zero. It will also demonstrate the dispersion your rifle is shooting.

The linked target is designed for 5.56mm but at 25 meters will serve very well for .22LR. It's the target I use for all calibers. The silhouette is scaled to 300 meters. You should be able to keep all rounds in the white circle at 25 meters. On printer paper they're pretty thin but they will glue to cardboard nicely with 3M spray adhesive.

-- Chuck

[PapaChop]

Also, you can circle each grouping with different colored Sharpie if you're having real problems with it.

[porkchop]

Originally Posted by PapaChop

Also, you can circle each grouping with different colored Sharpie if you're having real problems with it.

Where you been daddy?? LOL!

[Cdyer1985]

I needed this topic last week lol.

[Aceman58]

Chuck, 10-4, 5 rounds on 22LR is better cause 22's are cheaper, I got stuck in my old training and still use 3 rounds, habit when you get old like me, (isn't bread still .49 cent) Haha..

[chuck s]

It's not so much the expense as it is the dispersion of .22LR in general. The rim primer is not as consistent as a center primer plus it only takes a couple of grains of power to make a comparatively large difference in loading in that tiny case. Add to that the lil' lead bullet that's apt to get dented in bulk packaging and in feeding.

There are some nice photo essays of the grouping of different cartridges here (somewhere).

A flyer will drastically distort a 3-round group and can be just ignored in a 5 or 10 round group.

I zero my personal 5.56mm carbines (using Improved Battlesight Zero (IBSZ) of course) at 50 yards/200 meters using 5 round groups. And the M&P15-22 at 50 yards as well.

-- Chuck

[true_shooter]

good points chuck